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By Randy R on August 13, 2010 in JV

Avoid Mistakes of Joint Ventures

As you already know, joint ventures are a lucrative agreement for all parties involved. After all, they have the sole purpose of creating profits so they have to succeed. You may want to find a partner right away and start on your marketing campaign so you can both start making a lot of money. But what you need to know before enterting a joint venture agreement are some mistakes to avoid.

All too often, as an affiliate marketer, you may find someone seeking a joint venture partner to market their product. They are even willing to pay above the competition. This may make you want to jump on the opportunity before someone else. After all, if you can make the same sales you are already making but at a higher cut, why not? The problem is, if you are not willing to research a little on the product, you may find that you are stuck endorsing and promoting a product that is not worth anyone’s time let alone yours. While you can surely drop the campaign once you do find this out, you risk tarnishing your reputation and rapport with your clients or users.

Alternatively, if you are looking for an affiliate marketer to enter into a joint venture project or a peer within your niche, you should make sure that you are not only offering them a nice cut in the deal but also a quality product. Ask yourself if you would be comfortable marketing the same product to your users and if your product is really worth endorsing. If you are cross-promoting with a fellow peer in your niche, you would want them to give you a high quality product. You do not want your name to be mud in your niche. Repeat customers and a loyal fan base are key to generating a guaranteed income. If you tarnish that relationship, you will find it hard to build it back up. As relationships with your customers are key, it is also important that your joint venture partner be a reputable one.

Joint ventures are often short time. Many times, they are used for you to get your foot in the door or to promote a new product. Once you have developed a client base, you no longer need help in promotion that joint ventures offer. Additionally, some relationships just do not seem to work out. Whether it be due to lack of luster or charisma or desire to be in the joint venture agreement any longer, you and your partner should forsee a potential break in the relationship and have an opt-out option for such a case. You want to be able to end the joint venture project amicably.

Joint ventures are the key to e-commerce success and promotions. If you have already weighed the pros and cons and come to the conclusion that a joint venture is the right venue for you, then all you have to do is assure that you approach them properly. A successful joint venture comes down to the overall structure of the team.

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By Randy R on August 3, 2010 in JV

Free Marketing With Joint Ventures

Nothing in life is free, right? Wrong. Of course there are always sacrifices or debts that need to be paid to get what you want for free, but you can get free things. Now you must be wondering how something can be free if you have to pay for it, but what you are not thinking about is what you really do not have.

If you go and make a sale a day and gain $100 per sale, you are making $100 a day. You pay no expenses so at the end of the day, your profits are $100. If this is guaranteed, and you know you cannot make more, then that is fine. But what if you enter into a joint venture agreement with two other marketers who can only make a sale a day as well. You agree to pay them 40% on each sale so they will be making $40 a day. You still make your regular one sale a day at $100, but now you have expenses to pay: your joint venture partners. The two have made one sale apiece and as per your agreement are owed $40 apiece, making your expenses for the day $80. So now you are wondering where the free part comes in, right? Well sure, you could pay them the $80 from the sale you made that day, but why not keep what already was profit as profit? Pay them from the sales that they made instead. Now that you have done that, you still have the $100 you made and would have made anyways without your joint venture partners, but you now have an additional $60 per sale that they made: $120. This is money that you would not have had without the joint venture agreement. Essentially, this is free money.

What about how the sales are made? In order for your joint venture affiliates to make a sale, they have to first market the product to potential clients, right? And what does this do for you? Generates not only free marketing, but free traffic! You do not even have to pay extra for this as this is something that is just inherent in a joint venture agreement such as this! The best part of that is that if the sale does not convert right away, you have the potential of gaining a sale on your own off the efforts of your joint venture partners.

Obviously the business model is not as simple as represented here, but it could be for some. Joint ventures not only bring in free marketing, free money, and free leads, they give you more free time! Who else would not love to not have to come straight home from work and get online to generate leads for their product? It would be great to have someone doing the work for you. The added benefit that joint venture partner has over a regular employee is that you only have to pay a productive partner whereas an employee you would have to pay no matter how productive he is or is not! It is a winning understanding for all involved. Your partners get paid for their efforts, you get paid for doing nothing, and your product gets into the hands of clients that really needed it.

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By Randy R on July 4, 2010 in JV

Joint Venture Development

A joint venture agreement is not one that should be entered into lightly. It should be treated with as much respect and dedication as the product or service you are offering. No one wants to fail or have to clean up the mess that poor planning can create. Joint venture development is something that does not happen over night. Or rather, should not.

A business plan should be made before seeking out joint venture partners. After all, how will you know what to look for in a partner if you do not know what you need from that partner? The goals and the needs of the group need to be clearly outlined to assure that everyone is well aware of what is expected of them to get the job completed.

A written agreement should be made so that there is a clear reference point for all involved to look back to or to keep everyone on the right track during the joint venture process. Knowing who should pay for what, who should do what, and what exactly the group is trying to achieve can help in any confusions later on. Also knowing the ultimate goal will allow for a clean break when the end of the joint venture is near.

It is highly probable that a joint venture project will lead into some gray areas in the way of client bases, email lists, and profit sharing so being able to combat these issues early on will be favorable to your team success. Joint venture development deals with more than the make up of the team, but also in how well you can overcome hurdles. Clearly establish who owns what rights as well as what rights will be given at the completion of the project. Once the joint venture is complete or disbanded, you want to be able to know who takes what with them and when.

Marketing is not everyone’s strong point so joint ventures can aide in getting your product or idea out to others. Developing a strong team of individuals that are proficient in your niche is the best way to go about a joint venture development. Finding people that have a good reputation and are trustworthy will ensure the success of the venture as well.

Everyone wants to succeed in their business ventures. It is the approach that is often different from one campaign to the next. Joint ventures promote the idea of teamwork, more heads being better than one, and profit motivation to be successful. As joint ventures can mean the difference between converting leads and cold calls, proper joint venture development is key to internet success.

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By Randy R on June 29, 2010 in JV

Joint Venture is the easy money making way of capitalizing on the strengths of a group of partners. A quick and reliable way for your business to complete certain objectives with lucrative benefits to all the business undertaking joint venture. Joint venture marketing may also prove to be more lucrative than affiliate marketing

Joint venture marketing usually means an increase in web visibility, increased market growth, more customers, and incredible profits with high sales. For the users or customers you are targeting, the benefits may include a lot of saving in time and money plus getting added values from the business. All these factors make Joint Venture a successful business strategy.

The first and foremost quality of good businessmen is his ability to formulate good client relationships, which can ensure the long lasting trusting business relation. People buy products and services from reliable source which they can trust and which have proven to be of great use to them. Being accessible to the clients can help you in developing a good rapport with your clients. A loyal client base is key to a successful business so if you can enter into a joint venture agreement with someone who is well versed in maintaining client relationships, you will be doing your business a huge favor.

Secondly with market booming with new products and services every moment, there is a high need for creativity in your promotion. As every product you launch should be different, so too will it need a different marketing strategy. Finding a new set of joint venture partners for each product will help in this aspect. Clients do not prefer monotonous work; a change in your approach will even help you increase your clients. The ability to apply new ideas, which are not only informative, but interesting to a client at the core is the most sought after trait in good business deals.

Being resilient in your business gives you an extra edge. Any product launch needs a lot of patience matched with the skills. It may be frustrating explaining your plans again and again but look at the long-term benefits; it’ll show your clients and partners, you have positive confidence on your product. Results need time and as a businessman you should have the ability to wait for them calmly.

Lastly the most important skill that will sail you through all your deals is your ability to effectively negotiate and communication. This is effective in determining that both of the parties have an “all-profit” condition on the project. As profits are a huge motivator in any joint venture project, your potential partners will want to be sold on this idea early. So excellent communication skills are needed so that the businessman is able to communicate his goals in a precise manner.

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